Of a young athlete. Good evening. Im chris lawrence. Four teenagers were inside the car when they had trouble and pulled over last night in the inner loop of the beltway. They were waiting for help when a woman crashed her jeep into their car. Police say she may have been drunk. Molette green has more. Reporter in the light of day you can see the massive impact of the halloween night crash. The rear left side of this honda accord took the brunt of it. Thats where dominique petty of potomac was a passenger. The Gonzaga High School senior was pronounced dead at the scene on the beltway near persimmon tree road. Maryland state police say the honda was disabled and off the road on the shoulder around 2 00 a. M. When this gray jeep compass hit the car. Yo acan see there is heavy damage to the right front side. Police say the driver, 24yearold margaret baize drifted off the road struc e honda carrying dominique, three other juveniles and the driver. At this point in the investigat there is s
There are questions about how their freedom was secured. Kelly kobiaia has more on their time in captivity and their journey home. Reporter we are still dont have details, we know the National Director jim claper held talks to get kenneth bae and matthew todd released. Bae was sentenced to 15 years hard labor and his health was failing. Matthew todd miller was in the country seven months. Its a wonderful day, obviously, we are very grateful for their safe return. And i appreciate the director doing a great job what was obviously a tough settlement. Reporter this comes after the release of another american the swedish government helped to negotiate his release. He was said to be involved in time as well but there are few questions, like why the director of National Intelligence . How long were these socalled discussions and are there any conditions tied to baes and millers release . One u. S. Official told the Associated Press that nothing was offered in exchange for the return of these
A lot of other nearby neighborhoods are down to freezing this morning. Out the door for you first thing this morning, bundle up, indeed. This area of disturbed weather will stay to our north, but it will not bring anything in the way of a rain chance. Well be dry this morning. Temperatures in 30 in leaseberg, 30 in winchester, 25 in culpepper. So theres some cold air out there this morning. Well have a nice recovery. Plenty of sunshine this morning. Clouds increasing later today. Temperatures will top out generally in the mid 50s. College football, uva is on the road in Florida State tonight. Its a 6 30 kickoff, mild in the 60s with cloudy weather in florida. If you want to see your game on our 9 00 show, send me a note. Well we back with your sevenday forecast in a couple minutes. Thanks, chuck. A Montgomery County principal is apologizing for how she handled the report of a substitute teacher inappropriately touching a student. The incident happened at Roberto Clemente middle school.
Today, he explained how hes going to start to try to do that. Governor larry hogan was greeted warmly by the legislative joint session but the mood in the democrat dominated chamber grew icy as he painted a grim picture of the state of the state. Marylands antibusiness attitude combined with our onerous regulatory policies have rendered our state unable to compete with any of the states in our region. Its the reason that businesses jobs and taxpayers have been fleeing our state at an alarming rate. Republicans applauded. Democrats sat stone faced as hogan revealed his legislative agenda which includes an expansion of Charter Schools and for tax cuts. He would repeal the socalled rain tax stop taxing the pensions of retired military and first responders. Stop gas tax hikes tied to inflation and reduce property tax for Small Business owners. Its time for a new direction in maryland. Republicans loved what they heard. The governor hit the nail on the head today. Democrats took the speech
A bit of a chill, but a very pleasant warmup is under way for this afternoon and the warming trend will continue into the early parts of the coming week. For now its a mostly clear sky and seasonally chilly out there. 30s and 40s on most of the map. 36 in lease berg, manassas and culpepper. 46 downtown. Going out and strapping on your running shoes, temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s before we reach the noon hour. Plenty of sunshine coming late they are afternoon. Event highs today, all the way to 60 today and milder weather before a big cooldown arrives late week. Start soaking in the warmth now, guys. Well be back with the seven day in a bit. New this morning, the americans held prisoner in north korea are now home. They were freed after a Top Secret Mission. Nbcs Dan Shinneman tells us how kenneth bae and Matthew Todd Miller made it back on u. S. Soil. Reporter theyre back on u. S. Soil, the last known american prisoners in north korea released after a high stakes, highly sec